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Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Times Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG When a well-known philanthropist dies, accolades tend to flow in quickly. Former colleagues and beneficiaries bring tales of humility and timely generosity. It is almost a staple of death when a person has reached the upper rungs of charitable giving. But reaction was more subdued after last week’s … The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real-time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. Source: Just when one leak was plugged, another erupted. Just when the worst of the Gulf oil spill seemed at last to be over, that enormous spill of classified documents on the Afghan war hit the news. Source: In politics everything falls right into place sooner or later, and this is exactly what happened this week in the Afghan war, when tens of thousands of classified documents about the war were published. This information explosion will certainly affect President Barack Obama’s approval ratings, as the Afghan war is now even less popular than it was during George W. Bush’s presidency. At Black Hat, Homeland Security’s second in command receives mixed response when trying to downplay privacy concerns, asks attendees for help. Source: Everybody is comparing the WikiLeaks document dump to the Pentagon Papers, but leaking is today much easier thanks to digital computer files. Let’s not forget the immense time and wrist-breaking effort it took in the pre-Internet days to copy stolen files. Source: A majority of Americans are concerned about Google’s Street View cars that collected private information from their Wi-Fi networks and want better privacy protections put in place, according to a new poll from Consumer Watchdog. Overall, 74 percent of Americans view Google favorably, but 65 percent say the Wi-Fi scandal is one of the things that “worries them most” or a “great deal” with another … THE INQUIRER Black Hat 2010 Can’t see the wood for the Feds THE INQUIRER Can’t see the wood for the Feds THE INQUIRER Can’t see the wood for the Feds Julian Assange, founder of the website that published more than 91,000 secret U.S. military reports from Afghanistan, says hes revealing injustices. President Barack Obama says hes concerned that disclosure of sensitive information may harm military operations. On the surface, the Middle East is so still it is almost unbelievable. Not that nothing is happening, on the contrary, but the comparison with just a few weeks ago is enough to raise an eyebrow. Pakistan should carry out a thorough house cleaning of its military after revelations by Mumbai terror accused Da Headley that its spy agency Inter Services Intelligence had links to the attackers, a former Central Intelligence Agency official has said. Hackers security researchers IT administrators and computer crime expertshave convened in Las Vegas this week for BlackHat 2010 the world’s biggest hacking convention. Source: Former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General (retired) Hamid Gul has alleged that Indian officials leaked the classified United States military reports implicating Pakistani aid to the Taliban.Gul said that Indian officials fed the reports to Afghan intelligence agents and intelligence ‘contractors’ who are paid for each report they file.”The reports are meant to pressure Pakistan … Julian Assange, founder of the website that published more than 91,000 secret U.S. military reports from Afghanistan, says hes revealing injustices. President Barack Obama says hes concerned that disclosure of sensitive information may harm military operations. Source: HARTFORD — You’d never know former Congressman Rob Simmons had, for the past two months, abandoned his campaign to defeat Republican U.S. Senate nominee Linda McMahon in their party’s Aug. 10 primary. Americans Favor Broad Range Of Online Privacy Protections for Consumers SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A significant majority of Americans are troubled by recent revelations that Google’s Street View cars gathered communications from home WiFi networks, and they want stronger legal protection to preserve their online privacy, according to a national opinion poll … Source: WASHINGTON – The White House says classified Pentagon information about the Afghan war leaked to the Internet represents no threat to national security, but within the Oval Office, Barack Obama is proving to be one of the most anti-leak U.S. presidents in recent history. Contradicting Central Intelligence Agency’s assertion that it has no intelligence on the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden since 2003, leaked secret US military documents say the Al Qaeda chief personally attended a recruitment drive for suicide bombers in Pakistan in 2006. |
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